News from September 24. Kwame Brown (Cha) is expected to be out 4 to 6 weeks with a severely sprained left ankle. The LA Lakers signed Anthony Roberson, Trey Johnson, Andrew Naymick, and Russell Hicks to non-guaranteed contracts. Memphis signed 1st round draft pick (#12) Xavier Henry to a 2 year, $4,191,840 contract with 2 more years worth $5,524,570 at the team's option. Memphis signed 1st round draft pick (#28) Greivis Vasquez to a 2 year, $2,149,560 contract with 2 more years worth $3,341,428 at the team's option. New Orleans signed Jannero Pargo and Pops Mensah-Bonsu. New Jersey signed Eddie Gill and Andre Brown. Washington signed Andray Blatche to a 3 year, $28 million contract extension, making him signed through 14-15. Washington exercised their 11-12 option for JaVale McGee. San Antonio named Jacque Vaughn as an assistant coach. Charlotte named Chris Whitney as director of player development. Cleveland named David Griffin as VP of basketball operations and Michael Blackstone as executive director of basketball operations. ---- Patricia Bender pbender@eskimo.com For NBA stuff: http://www.eskimo.com/~pbender/index.html For Mavs stuff: http://www.eskimo.com/~pbender/mavs.html